Clark Connors and David Finlay turned on Gabe Kidd and aligned themselves with Jon Moxley’s Bang Bang Gang during AEW Dynamite on October 21, 2026, breaking up The Dogs stable in dramatic fashion.
The turn came after Jon Moxley defeated Roderick Strong in an AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match on the show. Following the bout, Connors and Finlay ran down to the ring and inflicted further damage on Strong. Moxley then got directly involved in the post-match assault, according to Fightful.
The attack marked the moment Connors and Finlay cast their lot with Moxley’s faction rather than standing with Kidd, who had been the third member of The Dogs. 411Mania, confirming the development, noted that “The Dogs are now two” as a result of the alignment, underscoring that the trio has been reduced in the wake of the turn.
The on-screen fallout leaves Gabe Kidd isolated from his former running mates at a time when Jon Moxley’s Bang Bang Gang has demonstrated it is willing to expand its ranks by pulling talent away from rival factions. With Connors and Finlay now aligned with Moxley, the group gains two additional bodies capable of backing him up in continued pursuits of the AEW Continental Championship picture, a title Moxley has just strengthened his position around by beating Roderick Strong in the Eliminator Match.
For Roderick Strong, the post-match beatdown at the hands of Connors and Finlay, compounded by Moxley’s involvement, represents a significant setback following his loss in the Eliminator Match. The extent of any further fallout for Strong, or whether Gabe Kidd will seek retribution against his former Dogs partners, has not been detailed in the available reporting.
Both Fightful and 411Mania reported the same sequence of events from the October 21, 2026 edition of Dynamite, with the outlets aligning on the central detail that Connors and Finlay’s betrayal of Kidd directly coincided with their new association with Moxley’s Bang Bang Gang. Neither report detailed any statements from the wrestlers involved regarding the motivations behind the alignment, leaving the storyline implications to be addressed in future AEW programming.
